Thank you Crinacle, for your great, meticulous list! The Samba sounds like a really good monitor, perching at S-tier. May I ask, what do you think of its sound in rough comparison with the Dream? They both seem to share a similar tuning, and price. (By the way, the Samba now is not sold at $1500, but ~ $1900 / 2600 SGD). I really like the Dream, especially for its quick, strong bass. However, I've found that the midrange is a bit shy in positioning relative to the bass, and treble. I agree with your opinion about its detail too, it's quite impressive. It's a great IEM for electronic music IMO. So I was wandering how the Samba fares with acoustic music, with lots of vocal, and midrange instruments?
JFC Jomo increased the price? That's such a shame... 2100SGD was such a good price too.
Dream sounds unnatural to me. Could be because of the classic Dita peak at 4k (though the Answer Brass has a similar peak but doesn't sound nearly as harsh). Samba is definitely has the same kind of signature, being rather energetic and dynamic but not as metallic sounding as the Dream in my opinion. Of course, Dream has the upper edge on bass where it has more natural, rounded hits with better articulated subbass than the Samba's relatively limp and soft rumble.
Hi Crinacle,
Thanks for such an awesome job on the list. looking to upgrade from my Futuresonics G10 and was looking at the ath-e70 and the massdrop plus, as you can see I like my IEM's to be like mullets, Business in the front party in the back, my preferred signature is detailed and leans towards analytical in the mids and highs but bass response is what I'm after. Quick, impactful and extended bass because I listen to a vast range of electronic music and love percussion and bass with fast transients. I don't mind sacrificing some sound stage and separation if I have too.
Which of the two would you say would suit my preference?, if any.
Thanks for helping out a very long time lurker, first time poster slowly climbing up the hi-fi spectrum
For what you just described, MD+ sounds like a good fit. I would always say to "try before buy" but in this case it's a bit hard to do so...